プレカンブリア紀前ベルトシリーズ,モンタナのグラウコニット
まとめ
10億7000万年前に遡るプレカンブリア時代のグラウコニートは,モンタナのミズーラ群で発見された. これは,北米におけるプレカンブリア時代のグラウコナイトの報告された最初の発生であり,古代地質学期に関する新しい洞察を提供します.
科学分野:
- 地質化学 地質化学
- イソトープジオクロノロジー
- 堆積地 Petrology 堆積地ペトロロジーについて
背景:
- グラウコナイトは,海洋堆積岩における一般的な指標鉱物である.
- プレカンブリア時代以前の形成の年代測定は,初期の地球の歴史を理解するために重要です.
- 北米における以前のグラウコナイトの発生は,主に地質学的に若い時代からのものでした.
研究 の 目的:
- モンタナ州ミズーラ群のグラウコナイトを地暦学的に年代付けするために.
- 放射線年代測定を用いて上部ミッソラ群の年齢を決定する.
- プレカンブリア時代以前のグラウコナイトが北米に存在するかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- カリウム-アルゴン (K-Ar) 年代測定は,グラウコニットサンプルを分析するために使用されました.
- ルビジアム・ストロンチウム (Rb-Sr) 分析は,同位体年代測定のために行われました.
- モンタナ州フラットヘッド郡上部ミッソウラ群の地質地図とサンプル収集.
主要な成果:
- ミスオラ群上部のグラウコナイトは,年齢が1.07億年だった.
- カリウム-アルゴン年代測定法とルビジアム-ストロンチウム年代測定法の両方で,一貫した年代測定結果が得られました.
- この発見は,北米におけるプレカンブリア紀前グラウコナイトの記録された最初の発生を表しています.
結論:
- モンタナ州の上部ミソラ群には,プレカンブリア時代のグラウコナイトが含まれています.
- 1070万年前の年齢は,ベルト・スーパーグループにとって重要な地質年代記号である.
- この発見は,プレカンブリア時代のグラウコナイトの既知の分布を拡大し,古生物学とダイアゲネシスへの影響をもたらします.
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